Sectional hollow cast-metal spoke-wheel



J. W. VANDERVEE'R.

SECTIONAL HOLLOW CAST METAL SPOKE WHFEL.

APPLICATION HLED AUG,27, 1919.

1,869,368., Patented Feb. 22,1921.

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snorronsn HOLLOW o'As'r-um'rAL SPOKE-WHEEL.

To all whom it may concem:

' Be it known that I, Jnwnu. W. VANonn- VEER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and'a resident of Syracusefln the county of Onondaga andState-of New York, have invented [a certain new and useful SectionalHollow Cast Metal Spoke Wheel, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to hollow cast metal wheels and has for itsobject a hollow cast wheel composed of segments as'quadrants which iseconomical in manufacture, comparatively light in weight and hlghly ef-,ficient and durable in use.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of one embodiment of mywheel.

Flg. 2 is a sectional view ig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectionalview through thefelly of the wheel.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary transverse sectional View of the wheel showing ademountable rim thereon and associated parts. Fig. 5 is a view similarto Fig. 4 of a modified form of the demountable ture.

Figs. 6 and 7 are fragmentary plan views Y of different forms. of jointsbetween the abutting. ends of the felly sections.

This wheel comprises generally, a plurality of hollow segments 1, of awheel, the planes. of division between the segments extending in ageneral direction transversely of the wheel or in a general directionlength-j wise of the axis of the wheel, and each seg-' ment includes afelly section 2, one or more hollow spokes 3 and a hollow. hub section4, the ends of adjacent folly sections, abutting against each other andbeing secured together and adjacent hub sections abutting against eachother and being secured together.

Preferably, these segments 1 are quadrants, the planes of divisionbetween which are radial to the axis of the wheel, and the tellysections are in the form of a channel in cross section as shown in Figs.3, 4 and 5. The ends of the felly segments are usually provided withtransverse flanges 5 which abut or lie flatwise against each other andare secured together either by weldlng on line 22,,

Specification of Ifiette'rs Patent. Patented Fb, 22, 1921, Applicationllled August 27, 1919. Serial No. 820,216.

as at 6 as shown n Fig. 6, or by fastening means as a rivet 7 as shownin Fig. 7.

The hub sections are secured together at their abiitting ends by spotwelding as I shown at 4'.

Preferably, the folly sections 2 are formed with an open periphery, anda felly band 8 1s pressed ripheral edges of the sides 9 of the channelof the fellyand assists in holdingthe segments' together, this bandbeing what is usually termed a press on rim or band on the folly andengages the pefor the purpose of. carrying demountab'le' rims. This bandis shown in Fig. 4 as formed with outwardly extending flanges or lugs8*"on one side thereof as shown. in

In Fig. 5, the press on band 8 is shown as omitted and the demountablerim l0- rests on one side upon lugs or flanges 14 cast integral with oneof the sides 9 of the channel of the folly sections, the wheel in thiscase being also provided with the wedges 11 and nut and bolt 12, 13. r

This wheel is particularly advantageous in that the'cas'ting thereofdoes not involve complicated molds, cores or the high degree of skill orcare i-equired in casting one piece cast hollow wheels, and hence thepercentage of defective castings is extremely low. And; further, whenthe parts are assembled the wheel is practically a unit and as theabutting faces are small very little grinding andfacing is required asin wheels composed of sections divided into' two circular sections alonga plane extending at a right angle to the axis.

Further, the wheel can be madeof light weight. In fact, my wheel whenmade up in the usual sizes now usedon pleasure cars 'including Ford carsweighs less than the usual wheel-equipment now on -these cars and willstand a considerably-greater strain. Itis particularly adapted for lighttrucks as one and two' ton trucks as it provides amcast and the abuttingends of the folly sections and the" hub sect1ons ground true andgtli)hollow hub section, the folly;

- posed 1 of segments the sections abutted together and usually spotwelded. The 'felly band is then pressed on. I]

What I claim is 1: A hollow castmetal spokewheel composed of segments,the planes of division between which extend in a I general directionlengthwiseofithe axis ofthe wheel, each gment, including a' hollow'felly section, a hollow spoke, and a 'fellyv sections being sectionslying against each other and "being secured together, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

hub sections of adjacent seg against each other an gether at theirabuttingfaces, substantially as and for the purpose set forth, I

3. A hollow cast metal spoke wheel composed of segments separated alongplanes ex tending across hollow hub section, the formed .withtransversepurpose descr-i walls at their ends andthe walls of adj acent' v 4.. Ahollow"ca"st In'etal spoke wheel comsections and the ments; abutting dbeing'secured Qtoradial to the axis of the wheel and each having a fellysection, a hollow spoke and a hol low hub section, the felly sectionsbeing in the form of channels in cross section and formed withtransverse walls at their ends the channels, the flanges of adjacentsections abutting against each other, said flanges-being securedtogether and the hub sections being'secured at theirabutting-edges,substantially as and for the 'posedo'fseghieri'tsyeach'segmem including a folly section and low hub section,section's haying surfaces abutting against each other and theends of'adjacent hub sections havingsurfaces abutting against each other, thetelly; being secured together at "such abutting laces substantially asand for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, Iv have hereunto sitgned 111 "name, at Syracuse,in the county 0 ()non' agafand State of New York this 19 day of June, l919.

J "-VANDERVEER.

a hollow spoke and a hol-.' the ends of adjacent felly

